The Chicago White Sox will promote Ken Williams from general manager to president of baseball operations after this season and will make assistant general manager Rick Hahn their new general manager, according to USA Today.

When asked to comment on that report, Williams was predictably tight-lipped.

Ken Williams has been the Chicago White Sox's general manager since October 2000. (AP Photo)

"No one's 2013 status, not even mine, will be discussed while we are singularly focused on winning a championship,” he wrote in an e-mail to the Chicago Tribune.

Williams has been the White Sox’s general manager since October 2000, making him the majors’ fourth-longest-tenured GM. However, the Chicago Tribune notes that Williams, 48, has spoke in recent years about the stress of the job and the toll it takes on him.

This is Hahn’s 12th season with the franchise. In recent years, he has been a hot name when teams have conducted general manager searches.